Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Information systems -- Strategy and Information systems -- Business information technology -- Distributed systems,networks and the Organization -- The Internet and the World wide web -- Electronic commerce and Business -- Decision support and End-user computing -- Decision support and End-user computing -- File organization and Databases for business information systems -- Information systems:control and responsibility -- Information systems development:an overview -- The Systems project:early stages -- Process analysis and Modelling -- Data analysis and Modelling -- Systems design -- Detailed design,implementation and Review -- Systems development:further tools,techniques and alternative approaches -- Experts systems and Knowledge bases.